Unclear If China Has Made Decision to Contribute to Cost of Search for Missing Airline

‎KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia—Malaysia said Sunday it is still negotiating with Australia and China on how the three nations would share the costs of the search to find Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.

Australia is currently leading the search operation in the southern Indian Ocean, where the Boeing 777 carrying 239 passengers and crew is believed to have crashed. It had taken off on a routine flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8...